Wire-repair tool



March 25 1924- J. E. GOQDMAN WIRE REPAIR TOOL Filed March 16 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR Jamvlmmk Gawmw ATTORNEY J. E. GOODMAN WIRE REPAIR TOOL March 25, 1924,

Filed March 16. 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR z/OfiNZ'fA/A)? 6002mm.

TTRNEY Patented Mar. 25, 1924.

JOHN EINAR GOODMAN, OE BALDUBJ, MANITOBA, CANADA.

WIRE-REPAIR TOOL.

Application filed March 16, 1922. SerialNo. 544,338.

. T all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JoHN EINAR Goon- MAN, a citizen of the Dominion of Canada, residingat Baldur, in the county of Souris and Provice of Manitoba, Canada, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Wire-Repair Tools, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention appertains to a new and useful device used more particularly for repairing Wire fences. The principal object of the invention is to provide a device ofthe character described which will grip two terminals of wires and upon actuation, draw the same together so'that they may be united.

Among the other aims and objects of this invention may be cited the provision of a device of the character described with a view to compactness and in which the number of parts are few, the construction simple and the cost of production low.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the claims hereunto appended.

Figure 1- is a fragmentary elevation illustrating the application of my present invention'.

7 Figure 2 is a similar view illustrating the construction further in detail.

3 Figure 3 is a fragmentary top plan view illustrating the engagement of the actuating lever to the body ofthe device.

Figure 4 is a perspective view of a tool used to disengage the dog of the device when the same is in operation.

Referring to the drawings, like numerals of reference designate like parts in thevarious drawings.

The numerals 4 indicates a rectangular bar which forms the body of the device, the terminal 5 being arcuately configurated. The flat lower edge of the body 4 is serrated as at 6. The slidable member 7 which straddles the body 4, is also arcu'ately configurated at its outer end. The terminal 8 of the slidable member 7 is pivotally engaged in the bifurcated terminal 9 of the actuating lever 10 by means of a bolt 11 passing through the said bifurcated terminal of the actuating lever 10 and through an aperture in the terminal 8. The opposite terminal of the slidable member 7 has a contiguous lug 12 construction of the same need not be givenin detail. Referring again to the actuating lever whlch has a contiguous bifurcated terminal as indicated by the numeral 9, a dog '16, preferably formed of one contiguous piece of metal, is sprung into position intermediate the legs of the bifurcated terminal. The dog 16 is of substantially U-shaped form with the free extremity 16 of its legs turned outwardly for engagement through openings provided for this purpose in the bifurcated terminals 9 of the actuating lever 10. See Figure 3 of the drawings. It will also be noted from Figures 1 and 3 that a suitable spring 17, preferably a coil spring is connected with one terminal 9 and extended and secured to the free extremity 16' of the dog 16 projecting through said terminal 9. The spring 17 functions to keep the dog 16 normally tensioned against the body member 4.

Referring now to Figure 1, the wires to be connected are indicated by the numerals 18' and 19. The same are pulled together and stretched as tightly as possible by the hands of the operator. They are then positioned intermediate the lugs 12 and the arcuate surfaces 15 of the wire holding members 13. The wire holding members are then turned until the roughened arouately configurated surfaces 15 tension against the Wire. The wires being now rigidly secured, the actuating lever 10 is oscillated and the dog 16 engages with one of the serrations 6 upon each stroke thereof. As the lever is brought forward as indicated in the dotted position, the abutment 19, clearly illustrated in Figure 2, engages with one of the serrations 6 and it is readily apparent that thiswi-ll prevent vretrogression of the 1nember'7. The lever 10 is oscillated in this manner until the terminals 18 and 19 of the wires are brought together and the same united.

To prevent displacement of the slidable member 7 on the body 4, a suitable roller indicated by the numeral 20 and illustrated in dotted position, is rotatably mounted intermediately 1n the member 7 and 1ts 01rcumferentlal periphery bears on the upper edge of the body 4. To prevent the mem-.

her 7 from coming off the body 4, a pin 21 is seated in the terminal of the body and projects laterally thereof sufficiently to prevent displacement of the slidable member 7.

\Vhcn it is desired to release the tool from holding the wires, the auxiliary tool shownin Figure lof the drawings should be employed. In usingcthe auxiliary tool the terminal 22 thereof should be inserted intermediate the dog 16 and the abutment 19. Then, when the lever 10 is pulled, the

dog 16, disengages from one of the serra-.

tions, thereby releasing the tool. It is, therefore, evident that with the use of the auxiliary tool, the slidable member 7 may be worked gradually over the serrations or permitted to slide along the rectangular bar or body 4. This should be clearly apparent to parties familiar with this art. also evident that the bifurcated terminal 23 of the auxiliary tool may be employed for splicing wires in the uniting operation.

From the foregoing, it will be readily apparent that I have provided an efficient and substantial device of the character described and while this specification manifests in detail the preferred construction of the invention, I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to the specific de tails of construction and, arrangement of parts as herein described and illustrated, as it is manifest thatrvariations and modifications may be resorted to in the features of construction and arrangement of parts in the adaptation of the device to various conditions of use without departing from terms in the appended claims.

the spirit and scope of the invention. I therefore reserve the rights to all such variations and modifications as properly fall within the scope of my invention and the From the foregoing, it is thought that the construction of my invention will be clearly understood and, therefore, a more extended explanation has been omitted.

VVhatI claim as new is:

1. A device-of the character described comprising in combination a body member having a serrated lower edge, a member slidable on the said body member, a lever to actuate said body member, the outer terminals of the said slidable and body members adapted for engagement with the terminals of wire members to be united, a dog rigid with the upper terminal of the said lever engageable with the said serrations to draw forward the said slidable member and an abutment configurated on the upper terminal of the said lever engageable with the It is V rations.

said serrations to prevent retrogression of the said slidable member during actuation.

2. A device of the character. described comprising in combination a body having a lower serrated edge, one terminal thereof arcuately configurated, a member slidably positioned on said body member, the upper terminal of the said slidable member configurated in relation to the arcuately configurated terminal of the said body member, the said'slidable member pivotally connected to a lever,the arcuately configurated terminals of the said body. and slidable members having appurtenances forengagement with the terminals of the wire members to be united, a dog member positioned in the bifurcated terminal of the said lever engageable with the said serrations upon the forward stroke of the said lever and an abutment configurated in the bifurcated terminal engageable with the said serrations .to prevent retrogression of the said slidable member.

3. comprising in combination a. body member having a serrated lower edge, a member slidable on the said body member actuatable by a lever, the terminals of the said A device of the character described I body and slidable members arcuately con-I figurated, lugs configurated on the upper terminals thereof and extending laterally, wire holding members eccentrically pivoted on the said upper terminals, each said wire holding member consisting of a lever arm having an enlarged terminal, the enlarged terminal havingan arcuately configurated periphery roughened and functioned to grip one of'the wire members' to be united in cooper'ation with one of the r said lugs, the lower terminal of the said slidable member pivotally mounted in the serrations to prevent retrogres'sion thereof and a spring member in conjunction with the sa d dog whereby the sa d dog will as? sume normal engagement with the said ser- 4. A 7 device. of the character described having a serrated lower "edge, a member slidable on the saidbody member actuatable by a lever, the terminals of the said body and slidable members arcuately configurated, lugs configurated on the upper terminals thereof and extending laterally, Wire holding members eccentrically pivoted on the said upper terminals, each said wire comprising in combination a body member holding member consisitng of a lever arm having an enlarged terminal the enlarged terminal having an arcua-tely configurated periphery roughened and functioned to grip one of the wire members to be united in co-operation withone of the said lugs, the lower terminal of the said slidable member pivotally mounted in the bifurcated terminal of the said lever arm, a dog positioned intermediate the lugs forming the. said bifurcated terminal of the said lever arm and engageable with the said serrated lower edge in the said body member and functioned upon actuation of the said lever to draw forward the said slidable member, the

closed terminal of the said slidable member engageable with the said serrations to prevent retrogression thereof and a spring member in conjunction with the said dog whereby the said dog will assume normal engagement with the said serrations and means for preventing displacement of the iaid slidable member from said body mem- In testimony whereof, I afiix my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

JOHN EINAR GOODMAN. Witnesses:

CARRIE SIMoNs, IVAN SCHULTZ. 

